Album Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Album Reviews
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Album Review: MARINA CITY – Terminal
Chicago’s best kept musical secret is getting ready to unleash their next musical masterpiece on August 11th. The EP, Terminal…
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Album Review: EPICA – The Solace System
From the time you view the intricate and artistic cover of this EP, you know you are in for a…
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Album Review: PARADISE LOST – Medusa
Normally, it is customary to begin metal reviews with a quick summary of the history of the band in question,…
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Album Review: CORRODED – Defcon Zero
Reviews might seem easy; just put the music on and write what you hear. But it is so much harder…
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Album Review: PRONG – Zero Days
Keeping the momentum going, Prong is doing just that with the follow up of X (No Absolutes), which was released…
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Album Review: REX BROWN – Smoke On This
When I volunteered to review SMOKE ON THIS by REX BROWN, I had no idea what was in store for…
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Album Review: AWAKE AT LAST – Life, Death, Rebirth
Picture yourself in a place that is stuck in limbo between light and dark, that grey area in which the…
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Album Review: SPITE – Nothing Is Beautiful
Showcasing an outright refusal to play by the rules, SPITE are making a name as one of the premier Powerviolence…
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Album Review: HUMAN AFTER ALL – Don’t Worry, It Only Gets Worse
Identity Crisis, The Illusion of Safety and The Artist in the Ambulance. Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses and The Curse.…
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Album Review: WINTERSUN – The Forest Seasons
Wintersun‘s atmospheric sound continues with the crowdfunded album The Forest Seasons, inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s violin concerto, “The Four Seasons.”…
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Album Review: OLD MAN WIZARD – Innocent Hands
California prog rockers Old Man Wizard are no strangers to eclecticism in their music. On their debut record Unfavorable, they…
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Album Review: DED – Mis-An-thrope
For Arizona-based heavy metal act, Ded, it seemed like something was missing from the music genre they loved. Ded was…
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Album Review: DECAPITATED – Anticult
Decapitated first started out as… well, as a band that sounded exactly like you’d expect a band named Decapitated to…
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Album Review: VOID RITUAL – Heretical Wisdom
Imagine a desolate, barren plain. Flakes of ash float down in lazy spirals from a uniformly grey sky, lit faintly…
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Album Review: BILL + PHIL – Songs of Darkness and Despair
Early 2017 brought an indelible collaboration comprising two distinct mediums: horror and heavy metal. The first is represented by acclaimed…
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Album Review: VIA – After You Drown
Minneapolis-born rockers, VIA, are dropping their second album on July 7th. After You Drown introduces you to a much more…
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Album Review: WORHOL – The Awakening
When it comes to Symphonic Rock, let’s face it, there really isn’t any American bands in the fight. In a…
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Album Review: ORIGIN – Unparalleled Universe
Hailing from the unlikely locale of Topeka, KS, Origin have been near the top of the death metal scene since…
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Album Review: BLIND GUARDIAN – Live Beyond the Spheres
For 30 years Blind Guardian have galloped their way into the world of power metal. The latest album is a…
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Album Review: NEKROKRAFT – Will o’ Wisp
Death-inspired name with cvlty spelling? Check. Grainy black-and-white promo photo in the woods? Got it covered. Satanic/occult lyrical themes? You’ll…